Urban Environment and Nuisance Local Law 2017
4212GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 August 2017
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4212 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 August 2017 2.5 Register of determinations (1) The local government is to keep a register of determinations made under clause 2.1, and of any amendments to or revocations of determinations made under clause 2.6. (2) Sections 5.94 and 5.95 of the Act are to apply to the register referred to in subclause (1) and for that purpose the register is to be taken to be information within section 5.94(u)(i) of the Act. 2.6 Amendment or revocation of a determination (1) The Council may amend or revoke a determination. (2) The provisions of clause 2.2 are to apply to an amendment of a determination as if the amendment were a proposed determination. (3) If the Council revokes a determination it is to give local public notice of the revocation and the determination is to cease to have effect on the date of publication. Division 2—Activities which may be pursued or prohibited under a determination 2.7 Activities which may be pursued on specified local government property (1) A determination may provide that specified local government property is set aside as an area on which a person may— (a) bring, ride or drive an animal; (b) take, ride or drive a vehicle, or a particular class of vehicle; (c) fly or use a motorised model aircraft; (d) use a children’s playground provided that the person is under an age specified in the determination, but the determination is not to apply to a person having the charge of a person under the specified age; (e) launch, beach or leave a boat; (f) take or use a boat, or a particular class of boat; (g) deposit refuse, rubbish or liquid waste, whether or not of particular classes, and whether or not in specified areas of that local government property; (h) play or practice— (i) golf or archery; (ii) pistol or rifle shooting, but subject to the compliance of that person with the Firearms Act 1973; or (iii) a similar activity, specified in the determination, involving the use of a projectile which, in the opinion of the local government may cause injury or damage to a person or (i) ride a bicycle, a skateboard, rollerblades, a sandboard or a similar device; and (j) wear no clothing. (2) A determination may specify the extent to which and the manner in which an activity referred to in subclause (1) may be pursued and in particular— (a) the days and times during which the activity may be pursued; (b) that an activity may be pursued on a class of local government property, specified local government property or all local government property; (c) that an activity is to be taken to be prohibited on all local government property other than that specified in the determination; (d) may limit the activity to a class of vehicles, boats, equipment or things, or may extend it to all vehicles, boats, equipment or things; (e) may specify that the activity can be pursued by a class of persons or all persons; and (f) may distinguish between different classes of the activity. 2.8 Activities which may be prohibited on specified local government property (1) A determination may provide that a person is prohibited from pursuing all or any of the following activities on specified local government property— (a) smoking on premises; (b) riding a bicycle, a skateboard, rollerblades, a sandboard or a similar device; (c) taking, riding or driving a vehicle or a particular class of vehicle on the property; (d) riding or driving a vehicle of a particular class or any vehicle above a specified speed; (e) taking or using a boat, or a particular class of boat; (f) the playing or practice of— (i) golf, archery, pistol shooting or rifle shooting; or (ii) a similar activity, specified in the determination, involving the use of a projectile which, in the opinion of the local government may cause injury or damage to a person or (g) the playing or practice of any ball game which may cause detriment to the property or any fauna on the property; and (h) the traversing of sand dunes or land which in the opinion of the local government has environmental value warranting such protection, either absolutely or except by paths provided for that purpose.